Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Health, upon notice, on5 July 2012:

Given evidence provided to the 2011-12 additional estimates hearing of the Economics Legislation Committee on 15 February 2012 by Mr Carl Magnus Larsson, the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), regarding a KPMG review of a report by the audit and fraud unit of the Department of Health and Ageing into the possible influence on a 2007 Yttrium-90 investigation as a result of a relationship between Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) staff and someone at ARPANSA:

1) Was the report delivered by KPMG to ARPANSA by the end of March 2012 as envisaged.

2) What terms of reference were provided to KPMG.

3) What amount was KPMG paid to conduct this review.

4) Will ARPANSA make the report public; if not, why not.

Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Health has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

1) No, the KPMG Report was delivered to ARPANSA on 19 June 2012.

2) The terms of reference provided to KPMG by ARPANSA were that KPMG was to:

3) $75,000.

4) Yes, the report was released under a Freedom of Information (FOI) request on 16 July 2012 and a redacted version of the report is available on the FOI disclosure log section of ARPANSA’s website at link: www.arpansa.gov.au/AboutUs/disclosure.cfm